OnApril 26, the24thGéo’rizon©Symposiumwill beheld, organized by theDepartment of Geography & Planningatthe Faculty of Sciences and Mountain Studiesof the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB). Following “Latin America,” “The Street,” “The Balkans,” “The Island,” “Geography and the Arts,” “Canals and Dams,” “East Asia,” “Drinks! Drinks Around the World,” “Regionalism and Separatism in Europe,” “East Africa (Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti),” “Diaspora(s),” “European Metropolises,” “Anti-World(s),” “Getting Lost in the Forest,” “Mountains of the South,” “Geography of Crises,” and “The Indian World,” “A World of Waste” and “Geographers and Climate Change,” “Geography of Celebrations, Celebrating Geography! ”, “Geography of Poverty”, “Six Years After the Arab Spring”, and “Polar Worlds”, the Department of Geography & Planning is pleased to welcome four speakers on the theme“Sports Spaces”.
ON THE PROGRAM
As has been the tradition since the first edition in December 2006, four speakers from other universities (Franche-Comté, Grenoble Alpes, and Littoral Côte d’Opale) will present during the day before participating in a discussion from 4:55 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. during the closing roundtabletitled “Sport as a Geographical Subject”:
- 8:30–9:50 a.m.: Julien MIGOZZI (Assistant Professor, ENS Paris, and Ph.D. candidate, Université Grenoble Alpes) will deliver a lecture titled “Toward a Geography in Cleats: South African Rugby as a Mirror of Social Inequalities and a Catalyst for Change”
- 10:15–11:35 a.m.: Pascal GILLON (Associate Professor, University of Franche-Comté) will address the question: “The Olympic Games: A Geopolitical Space and a Site of Globalization? ”
- 1:45–3:05 p.m.: Antoine LE BLANC (Associate Professor, Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale) will speak on the topic “LGBT+ Sports Associations and Competitions: Networks and Strategies for Inclusive Sports, Between Openness and Closure ”
- 3:25–4:45 p.m.: Philippe BOURDEAU (Professor, Université Grenoble Alpes) will explore the topic “Europe’s Playground? The ‘Practices/Spaces’ Dynamic in Mountain Sports Tourism ”
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- Contact:Lionel Laslaz
